<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hello Don,</div><div><br></div><div>Oh thank you so much for the resources! Yes, I imagine it is the limited knowledge of the local postal workers that don't really know the regulations that send it back.</div><div><br></div><div>Great information! Thank you</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">JODY</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To Boldly Go \U0001f596\U0001f3fb </span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">thunderwalker321@gmail.com </span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"What's within you is stronger than what's in your way." NO BARRIERS Erik Weihenmayer</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 18, 2025, at 7:45\u202fAM, Donald Winiecki <dwiniecki@handid.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">According to USPS, you can send USPS free matter to locations inside and outside the USA. Sending to locations outside the USA requires additional qualifications. The following websites are among the sources I find when I search for "Free Matter for the Blind, International."</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://about.usps.com/publications/pub347/pub347_v03_revision_102015.htm">https://about.usps.com/publications/pub347/pub347_v03_revision_102015.htm</a><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://pe.usps.com/text/Imm/immc2_032.htm">https://pe.usps.com/text/Imm/immc2_032.htm</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">All of that said, I have experienced difficulty with sending free matter to individuals and organizations meeting USPS qualifications who are outside the USA. While staff at my USPS office read the regulations and tell me it is authorized, it has always been returned by staff in the distribution center.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">I hope this helps!</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br clear="all"></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">DON WINIECKI</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><span 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Thank you,Jody <br>
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